Queenstown Interesting Facts

President Clinton was the first US President ever to visit Queenstown in September 1999.

The Shotover Jet was the first commercial jet boat operator in the world.

Queenstown Gardens frisbee golf course was the first of its type in New Zealand.

The original Lower Shotover Bridge was washed away by flooding in 1878 but rebuilt and re-opened by the Public Works Department in 1915. The bridge is 172 metres long and stands 16 metres above the Shotover River.

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